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Some may think the P. Pressey pick was too early, but look at it this way. Pressey plays 100% @ PG, SG & SF and has high def. I would have taken him later any way and I didn't pass on anyone in particular. This leaves me a great deal of flexiblity in future draft picks. Then I took T. Porter (PG) now I still have flexibilty wrt a SG or SF with future picks. In a limited player pool this stratagy is working out pretty well.

I see trades this way, say you have a high usage starter and I have a low usage starter in similar positions (forward/forward), we may be able to work a trade to balance our usage. Mostly, I think mid-level players will get traded to fine tune teams. This is what I was thinking when introduced trades into the league.

smokey the 98. pick for cj is a head stratcher. don't think he fits. But I'm still
wondering why I chose Reggie King over Kermit?
I will play King (99%) at SF for his rebs. but Washington at SF (97%) probably
would have been better w/ 80 D. Oh Well................

CJ originally sent me a sm saying he had work come up and wouldn't be able to pick, he take scrub's and would fix it later. I sm back saying I would pick for him, no matter what my pick was it would be better than the scrub's. Then CJ sm with proxy picks and I read it, then had a senior moment and totally forgot the 2nd sm. I assume I over extended myself. Without remembering the 2nd sm, the reason I didn't take Kermit was Kermits 11% usage. No amount of talent would cover for a team going into low usage penalty. If I had the time to load CJ's team into my board I might have seen he could afford the 11% usage, but I didn't. When I checked back on my sm's who do you think was the first choice, right Kermit. In short I let CJ down and I'm really bummed out by my failure.